Choosing honey

Two hundred honeys, and the question is always which one. These pages start from a taste you already like or a situation you are actually in, and say where to begin and what to avoid.

16 routes · 264 honeys in the catalogue

Start from a taste

For anyone who already knows roughly what they like and wants more of it. Each page is a filter over the sensory records with the rule printed on it.

Strong honeys

107 honeys

Which honeys have the most flavour?

Floral honeys

134 honeys

Which honeys actually smell of flowers?

Dark honeys

143 honeys

Which honeys are dark, and are they stronger?

Unusual honeys

71 honeys

Which honeys taste least like honey?

Honeydew honeys

15 honeys

What is honeydew honey and is it really honey?

Set and creamed honeys

169 honeys

Which honeys are sold set, and is set honey worse?

Start from a situation

For anyone who does not yet know what they like. These are the harder pages and the more useful ones — they say where to begin, and what the group is bad at.

Choosing your first honey

131 honeys

I have never bought honey properly. Where do I start?

An everyday jar

95 honeys

Which honey should I keep in the cupboard?

Honey for cooking

57 honeys

Which honey should I cook with?

Honey for drinks

180 honeys

Which honey should go in tea, coffee and cocktails?

Honey for tasting

185 honeys

Which honeys should I put in a tasting flight?

Honey as a gift

167 honeys

Which honey makes a good present?

Honeys worth checking

164 honeys

Which honeys are most often faked?

What none of these pages will do

Rank honeys. Every list here is a filter with its rule stated, and within a list the order is catalogue order — not a judgement. There is no best honey, and a site that published one would be publishing an opinion dressed as a finding.

For a narrower answer than a page can give, the honey finder filters on several axes at once and the pairing finder starts from the food.